Dr. Barbara's Whole Life Podcast

By Dr. Barbara Ministries

Move from weary, wounded, and disillusioned to living out the life you dream. Licensed Psychologist and Life Coach Dr. Barbara Lowe and her guests discuss how to move from stuck and painful places to ... more

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The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.

Dr. Barbara's Whole Life Podcast episodes:

December 05, 2025 Flashback Friday: Worship as the Cure for Codependence with Steffany Gretzinger Ep41
In this Flashback Friday episode, Dr. Barbara revisits a tender, fiery conversation with worship artist and Jesus lover Steffany Gretzinger from the World Women's Wholeness Summit. In our current series, From Codependence → Christ-Dependence, we've been talking about codependence as a worship disorder. In this conversation, you'll hear how a lifestyle of worship, hunger for Jesus, and intimacy with God heals the roots of codependence, comparison, shame, and trauma. Steffany and Dr. Barbara talk about women arising in worship, nurturing "help thinking," worshipping in the most devastated memories, and becoming laid-down lovers who make their whole lives an altar to Jesus. Note: The thoughts and opinions expressed by our guests are their own and may not always reflect the views of Dr. Barbara or Heart Journey Ministry.
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48min
December 04, 2025From Codependence to Christ-dependence: Embodied Boundaries: When Your Body Remembers Safety Ep40
Your body remembers what your mind forgets — but Jesus meets you there. In this episode, Dr. Barbara unpacks why your nervous system reacts before you can think, how early wounds shape today's boundaries, and how the Holy Spirit gently rewires your body toward safety and peace. You'll learn:

Why certain tones or moments trigger old survival patterns

How attachment wounds show up in the body

The neurobiology of safety, rest, and Spirit-led boundaries

How false guilt and people-pleasing fall away in truth

A calming, guided encounter to help your body feel safe again

If your body still braces for danger, this episode will help you breathe, soften, and remember: in Jesus, you are safe. Free resources: DrBarbaraMinistries.org/selfparent | DrBarbaraMinistries.org/rejection
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28min
December 02, 2025 Is Your Soul Well? Recovering from Codependence & Other Addictions (Part 1) Ep39
Is your soul truly well—or is it quietly poisoned by codependence, unhealed trauma, or addiction in yourself or someone you love? In this powerful first conversation, Dr. Barbara sits down with Recovery Pastor and counselor John Eklund, founder of Recovery Alive, to unpack codependence through a Christ-centered, 12-step lens. They talk about what codependence really is (beyond the buzzwords), why it functions like people worship, and how Jesus uses the 12 steps, inner healing, and healthy attachment to restore shattered hearts. Note: The thoughts and opinions expressed by our guests are their own and may not always reflect the views of Dr. Barbara or Heart Journey Ministry.
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29min
November 28, 2025Flashback Friday | The Sacred No to Control: Job's Lament, Hope, and Belonging Beyond Resentment with Nicole C. Mullen Ep38
In Part 2 of our Retro series with Nicole C. Mullen, Dr. Barbara Jean Lowe Sauvé explores Job's journey through pain, honesty, and ultimate redemption. This episode connects Job's story to the codependency triangle of pain (don't talk, don't trust, don't feel) and invites us to move toward the triangle of grace: talk, trust, and feel with God. Learn:

How to let go of the false self

How lament breaks control and manipulation

How to rest in the truth: Your Redeemer lives

Note: The thoughts and opinions expressed by our guests are their own and may not always reflect the views of Dr. Barbara or Heart Journey
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30min
November 25, 2025 Getting Through the Holidays with Victory, Peace, and Holy Boundaries with Pastor Valora Cole Ep37
Holidays can stir up old mother wounds, family dysfunction, and false guilt… but Jesus invites us to stay in the Spirit, guard our hearts, and walk in peace. In this powerful holiday conversation, Dr. Barbara (minister who also happens to be a psychologist) and her covenant sister Pastor Valora Cole (Contagious Church, Tampa + Fearless Global) talk about how to set loving boundaries, release emotional manipulation, and stay connected to the Father even when family can't or won't. You'll also hear beautiful affirmations to speak over yourself, scriptures on boundaries, and a prayer covering your Thanksgiving week. Send this episode to a hurting friend who's feeling anxious about the holidays — it might be the encouragement they need. Free Resources: 10 Tools to Overcome Rejection: drbarbaraministries.org/rejection Self-Parenting with Jesus Tool: drbarbaraministries.org/selfparent
Note: The thoughts and opinions expressed by our guests are their own and may not always reflect the views of Dr. Barbara or Heart Journey Ministry.
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39min
November 24, 2025Anchored in Peace: 15 Heart Journey Tools for the Holidays Ep36
This Thanksgiving week, Dr. Barbara Jean Lowe Sauvé shares a deeply personal story about truth, love, and obedience — and 15 powerful Heart Journey Tools to help you walk through the holidays anchored in peace. If you've ever wrestled with boundaries, regret, or the ache of family dynamics, this episode will help you stay grounded in your God-given agency and identity. You'll discover how to:

Practice self-parenting with Jesus

Move from triggers to encounters of healing

Walk in truth and love without losing yourself

Forgive yourself and others

Release false guilt and stay rooted in peace

And you'll hear Dr. Barbara's moving testimony of reconciliation with her mom — a sacred reminder that even loss can become holy ground when Jesus meets us there. FREE GIFT: Self-Parenting with Jesus Download now at drbarbaraministries.org/selfparent
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28min
November 21, 2025 Flashback Friday: The Holy Yes of Worship with Nicole C. Mullen Ep35
Today, we're going back to the World Women's Wholeness Summit—right before COVID in 2020—where the Lord used this message to bless tens of thousands. In Part 1 of this timeless teaching, my friend, worship leader and author Nicole C. Mullen, shares a powerful story of healing, worship, and spiritual resilience. As you listen through a codependency and inner-healing lens, notice how Hannah refuses to clap back at jealousy, provocation, rivalry, or emotional persecution. Instead, she sets a sacred boundary, withdraws to pray, and offers a costly yes to God rather than managing other people's emotions. Watch how her lament becomes healthy emotional expression, breaking the "don't feel, don't talk, don't trust" rules that fuel people-pleasing and codependent cycles. This episode is a beautiful invitation to let worship recenter your worth, release over-functioning, and step into Christian emotional healing, inner wholeness, and boundaries that honor God. Take a breath, open your heart, and enter a worship encounter that brings freedom.
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35min
November 20, 2025 From Codependence to Christ-dependence: Boundaries & Belonging Ep34
Beloved, have you ever said yes on the outside while everything inside whispered no? You're not alone — and Jesus understands your conflicted heart. In Episode 4 of the Heart Journey Podcast, Dr. Barbara Lowe Sauvé explores how to bring your outer yes and inner yes into agreement, and your outer no and inner no into peace. Jesus invites you into a life where "your yes is yes and your no is no" (Matthew 5:37). This episode is a powerful conversation on Christian boundaries, people-pleasing, codependency, and healing your relationship with yourself and God.
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37min
November 18, 2025 Rest Is Power: From Codependence to Christ-Dependence with Dr. Mia Wright Ep33
After seasons of pruning and pressure, how do we return to peace and power in Jesus? Dr. Barbara sits down with her long-time friend, Dr. Mia Wright, for a rich conversation on Sabbath rhythms, the dark night of the soul, obedience, and the courage to lay down "dead works." They revisit Ruth's journey from Moab to Bethlehem, explore how God meets the brokenhearted (Ps. 34:18), and share practical ways to shift from codependence to Christ-dependence—so you can hear God clearly and move only at His pace. Free resource: 10 Tools To Overcome Rejection →DrBarbaraMinistries.org/rejection
Note: The thoughts and opinions expressed by our guests are their own and may not always reflect the views of Dr. Barbara or Heart Journey
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43min
November 13, 2025 From Codependence to Christ-dependence: Resurrection & Rest Part 3 Ep32
If you've been rescuing, fixing, or performing to feel safe or loved, this episode is for you. Dr. Barbara shows how the Cross ended striving and the Resurrection began rest—not just spiritually, but in your nervous system. We explore how anxiety points to places not yet surrendered (Curtis Chang), how prayer and worship literally rewire fear circuits in the brain (Dr. Andrew Newberg), how dysfunctional family rules ("Don't talk. Don't feel. Don't trust.") and family roles (hero, scapegoat, lost child, mascot) feed codependent patterns, and how abiding (John 15) breaks the Triangle of Pain (Victim–Rescuer–Persecutor). You'll finish with a powerful guided encounter: the Father's hand in the dark and a restored childhood moment with Jesus. FREE Resource for you: DrBarbaraMinistries.org/selfparent
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29min

FAQs about Dr. Barbara's Whole Life Podcast:

How many episodes does Dr. Barbara's Whole Life Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.